Can a heatsink (no fan) cool a celeron 533mhz adequately?

[anonymouschris]

question as stated. if so which heatsink??? also, is there a heatsink (no fan) that can cool a celly 800? lmk!

thanks!

 

[Dabappa]

I am typing on a Gatway 2000 Celeron 700 system right now, and it has only a heatsink, no fan, on the processor.

It is obviously some OEM type, so I can't give you a brand. It is a fairly sizable green anodized aluminum thing. Unfortunately, I don't remember if it is cliped down or just attached with thermal tape, and it would be a pain to open the case right now.

The only fan in the entire case is the tiny one inside the power supply (145 Watt? - its small in any event).

Try the Intel website, they may have information (I know AMD does for their cpu's).

Good Luck,

 

[NelsonMuntz]

Is the 533 a slot CPU or a socket CPU? If it's a slot there are probably heatsinks that are big enough to displace all that heat and then have enough air circulation to get the heat out to the rest of the air in the case. If it is a socket, I would have to suggest that a passive heatsink be avoided unless you have a channel that goes to a case fan to pull the air off and out.

 

[anonymouschris]

its a socket =(

 

[Smbu]

What type of Celeron 533mhz cpu is it? Is it one of the older Celeron 533 ppga cpu's, or one of the newer coppermine Celeron 533 fcpga cpu's? It would be much easier to cool one of the newer ones since they run cooler than the older ones and only run at 1.5v(I think) compared with the 2.0v of the older ones.

 

[anonymouschris]

its one of the older ones (ppga) =( i also have a fcpga celly 800

 

[Becks2k]

Using the Radiate program, dunno how accurate this is...

Intel Celeron (Mendocino) 533mhz 2.25v = 35.4watts
Intel P3 (Coppermine) 800Mhz 1.7v = 22.4watts
Intel Celeron (Coppermine128) 1.6v 800mhz = 19.9watts with 1.7v its 22.6 so basically the same as a p3 copperine :/

I dunno but the the celeron is the hottest of them all... if thats accurate.


Alot of OEMs used "passive" heatsinks for a long time, but they used ducting methods and stuff to suck air off with either the powersupply fan or a rear mounted fan. I dunno what heatsink to use, bigger the better. But yes no fan can keep it cool, it'll run hot, but it'll work most likely. I've seen someone's heatsink fan stop and their cpu kept working. Can't remember what cpu they had tho :/.

But static air really doesn't cool well, if there is NO fan anywhere near the heatsink to move any air at all, I'd look into something like a 15dBa adda fan and give it 7 volts or something. 100% static air really sucks, I have no doubt that no fan would work with a big enough heatsink, but if I was doing it'd it'd find the quiest fan I oculd and then give it 7 volts just for the hell of it.